Hermann Breith

Hermann Breith (7 May 1892-3 September 1964) was a General of Nazi Germany who commanded the German 3rd Panzerkorps.

Biography
Hermann Breith was born on 7 May 1892 in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate (then a part of Westphalia) in the German Empire (Germany), near the border with France. He joined the Reichswehr in 1910 and served in World War I, and in World War II he became the commander of the German 3rd Panzerkorps. They fought in the Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket and Operation Spring Awakening on the Eastern Front, and on 8 May 1945 he surrendered to the Allies. He died on 3 September 1964 in Wachtberg, North Rhine-Westphalia.